The legislative elections in India are the largest elections on the planet with 970 million eligible voters, or one human in eight. Explanation in videographic VIDEOGRAPHIC
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00:00The legislative elections in India, the world's most populous country, are the largest elections
00:12on the planet, with 970 million eligible voters, or one human in eight.
00:19They will choose 543 members of parliament in a one-round, first-past-the-post system.
00:29The party which gains a simple majority of 273 seats will form the new government.
00:36Hundreds of parties will run for election, but many are tiny.
00:41The two major national parties are the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP,
00:48of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Congress Party.
00:52Most experts predict another win for Narendra Modi.
00:56These elections represent an immense logistical exercise.
01:00Constituencies vote in seven different phases, staggered over six weeks, with ballots cast
01:06using electronic voting machines.
01:09The voting machines are then placed in vaults and guarded by police until they are counted,
01:15which occurs on the same day, with the official results announced in the evening.
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